Brooch



Nov. 21,1939. MLRUSS L 2.181.071

- BROOCH Filed May 19, 1938 2] MW I 17444 4 5 .Z/77Zf' {0605M closedfastening Patented Nov. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFECE srsooonMalle Little Russell, Philadelphia, Pa. Application May 19, 1938, Serialdzoasar 3 Claims. This invention relates to a brooch, and moreparticularly to an improved means for fastening a brooch or like articleto a garment.

It is well known that brooches, being articles of personal adornment,are adapted to be fastened by means of pins to the most expensive anddelicate types of textile fabrics. Heretofore, articles of this kindhave been commonly subject to the objectionable features of causinginjury and inconvenience in attaching the brooch to and de taching itfrom the fabric. The injury to the fabric has for the most part beencaused by the fabric catching between the pins by whichthe brooch isfastened to the fabric and the body of the brooch and the inconveniencefrom the use of such an article has arisen from the effort necessary tobe expended in attempting to disengage without injury to the threads ofthe fabric a brooch which has been caught in such a manner.

In my prior Patents Nos. 757,756 and 1,405,445 I have shown a securingmeans for brooches, buckles, etc., which overcomes the. faults incidentto the use of pin fastening means of the character referred to. In suchprior patents I have dismeans in the form of hooked pin elements havingspaced points extending toward each other whereby the point at one sideof the device may be inserted in the garment and the buckle or the likemoved with respect to the garment in the direction of the other point orpoints, whereupon the latter may be hooked into the garment.

. These devices were substantial improvements over conventional pinstructures but they possessed the disadvantage of having substantiallyor J-shaped pin members which effectively held the devices in position,but the cloth through which the pins were inserted sometimes passedaround the loops of the pin and made it somewhat diificult to removethem. Unless care was used in removing a buckle or the like employingthe structures referred to, injury to the fabric might result asin thecase of conventionalpin structures.

Accordingly, the principal object of this invention is toprovide meansfor fastening a brooch or the like to fabric, which will materiallydiminishthe possibilityof injury to the fabric.

A further object is to provide a brooch with fastening means which willenable the brooch to be detached from the fabric with a minimum ofeffort. i

A further object is to provide a brooch with fastening means whichpositively prevents the tening the brooch to a danger of catching thefabric between the back of the brooch and the fastening means.

A further object is to provide a brooch with fastening means which willhold the back of the brooch in close proximity to the fabric to, which 5it is attached.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentduring'the course of the following description.

In the drawing I have shown several embodiments of they invention. Inthis showing:

Figure 1 is a plan View of the back face of a I brooch provided withfastening means,-.

Figure 2 is a sectional view. taken along the line 22 of Figure 1showing the brooch attached to a piece of fabric,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one set of the fastening means,

Figure 4 is a perspective view of embodiment of the invention, and,

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a further mod- I ification.

Referring to-Figure l, the numeral lt'designates the body member of thedevice such as a brooch, provided with identical fastening devices 25 Hand'iZ located at diametrically opposite sides of the brooch. Theidentical fastening devices II and I2 are more clearly shown in theperspective view in Figure 3, and will be presently described in detail.30

A suitably formed metallic'strip l3 having a flat surface I4 is providedfor attachment to the brooch ill at suitable'points by soldering or anyother means. Obviously, the strip l3 could be made integral with theback of the brooch. The strip I3 is provided with abutments l5 formed.thereon or integral therewith. Needle-like garment fastening devices itare provided for fasgarment and protrudes The ends of the abutstrip isare preferably a modified from the abutments l5. ments remote from theformed in the shape of a sphere, and the garment pins [6 are connectedto the spherical portion of the abutment centrally thereof in order thatthe abutment will diverge abruptly from the shank of the garmentfastening devices [6.

Referring to. Figure 4, I have shown my fastening devices l6 applied toa brooch havinga body member, I! in the form of a corsage. holder havinga semi-circular portion provided with a pin 50 I8 centrally thereof forholding the stems of flowers (not shown). It will be noted thatabutments l5 are preferably attached directly to fiat surfaces I 9forming the ends of the body member or corsage holder I1 without the useof a strip l3.

any sharp edges engaging the In Figure 5, I have shown a modification ofthe attaching means. In this showing an abutment structure is employedwherein the end of each abutment remote from the brooch is of acylindrical shape and the fastening devices [6 are connected thereto soas to intersect the axis of the cylindrical portion of the abutment. InFigures 4 and 5 it will be noted that the needlelike garment fasteners16 are substantially parallel to the common plane of the flat surfacesIQ of the body member of the device, and that the fasteners at oppositesides of the device point toward each other.

Referring to Figure 2 wherein the brooch H] is shown attached to a pieceof fabric 2|, it will be noted that the needle-like garment fastener l6terminates at the abrupt enlargement provided by the spherical portionof the abutment l5 to effectively prevent movement of the fabric beyondor over the abutment l5. Accordingly, the needle-like garment fastenerl6 may be inserted between the threads of the fabric but the abutment 15will prevent the fabric from being caught at. any point between any ofthe fasteners and the body portion of the brooch H3. Accordingly, itwill be obvious that the brooch 18 may be disengaged in the fabric 2iwithout injury to the threads of the fabric.

Regardless of the type of abutment used, there will be provided arounded surface 22 spaced from the flat surface I4 and beyond which thefabric cannot pass when the pointed members iii are inserted thereinto.The rounding of the abutments l5 and 20 in this manner eliminates fabricto cause injury thereto. Moreover, since the fabric, where pierced bythe members l6, cannot pass beyond the butt ends of the members 16, theportion of the fabric between the abutments will be held in proximity tothe members l6. Therefore, these members will lie against the fabric,thus rendering it substantially impossible for the points of the members[5 to stick into the skin of the wearer. It also will be noted that theportions of the fabric which pass over the abutments will be supportedthereby to space the members [6 from the wearer and thus assist inprotecting the wearer from injury.

t has been found desirable to place equal numbers of garment fastenersI6 at opposite sides of the brooch with the fasteners l6 lying in acommon plane substantially parallel to the flat surfaces [4 or IS'andwith the ends of each fastener it in substantially direct alignment withand projecting toward a similarly positioned fastener on the oppositeside of the brooch. With this construction the brooch is very easilyattached to and detached from the fabric garment.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that I have provided meansforfastening a brooch to fabric which effectively prevents injury to thefabric and by so doing minimizes the amount of effort necessary todetach the brooch from thefabric.

It is to be understood that the forms of the invention herewith shownand described are to be taken as preferred examples of the same and thatvarious changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. A device .of the character described comprising a body member,abutments fixed to one face of said body member adjacent opposite edgesthereof and projecting laterally therefrom, a relatively shortsubstantially straight needle-like element carried by each abutment,said elements having their pointed ends extending toward andsubstantially in alignment with each other and spaced a substantialdistance apart, said elements lying in a common plane substantiallyparallel to the portions of said body member to which said abutments arefixed and having their remote ends fixed toportions of said abutmentswhich face toward each other, each abutment having a continuous smoothsurface diverging sharply in all directions from the needle-like elementfixed thereto to present a smooth abrupt enlargement to fabric impaledon said elements to prevent the fabric from sliding over said abutmentsand from becoming abraded or otherwise injured thereby.

2. A device of the character described comprising a body'member, a pairof substantially spherical abutments carried by and arranged adjacentopposite edges of and spaced from one face of said body member, arelatively short needlelike element fixed to and protruding from eachabutment substantially radially thereof and lying substantially in acommon plane spaced from and parallel'to the adjacent portions of saidbody member, each of said elements projecting toward the other elementin substantially direct alignment therewith and terminating asubstantial distance therefrom, the substantially spherical shape ofeach abutment providing a smooth continuous surface diverging from thecorresponding element and presenting an abrupt enlargement to a fabricimpaled on the corresponding element to prevent the fabric from slidingover either of said spherical abutments, said smooth surface extendingto a sufficient distance from the point of connection of said elementsto said abutments to prevent abrasion or other injury to the fabric.

3. A device of the character described comprising a body member, a pairof parallel substantially cylindrical abutments arranged adjacentopposite edges of one face of said body member and carried thereby, aplurality of relatively short parallel needle-like elements fixed to andprojecting from each abutment substantially radially thereof, saidelements lying substantially in a horizontal plane spaced from andparallel to the adjacent portions of said body member, each element ofeach abutment projecting toward and being substantially aligned with anelement ofthe other abutment and terminating a substantial distancetherefrom, each abutment presenting a smooth curved surface divergingsharply from each of the associated elements at their points, ofconnection therewith to present an abrupt enlargement to a fabricimpaled on said elements to prevent the fabric from sliding over' saidabutments, said smooth surface extending to a sufiicient distance fromsuch points of connection to prevent-abrasion or other injury to thefabric.

' MALLE LITTLE RUSSELL.

